[Sailor Steve]

April 29:

"There has been some excitement here to-day. To begin with, three enemy aircraft came over here before breakfast, and then another between eleven and twelve o'clock. It was most comic to see our infuriated machines dashing off into the atmosphere in pursuit, with not an earthly chance of catching them. Soon after eleven o'clock there was a big explosion in the town and we all did a great leap into the air. From then, for nearly three hours, we were shelled with the greatest regularity at five minute intervals. We all climbed on to the roof of one of our sheds and watched through glasses the explosions, occuring to the second almost; big stuff it was too, 12" I should say, and fired from the back of Nieuport, quite 20 miles away. The total bag was 40 killed and 60 wounded."
-Harold Rosher, letter to his father, April 29, 1915



Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Ireland: Erich von Rosenberg-Grusczyski, in U-30, sinks SS Cherbury, 3,220 tons, travelling from Barry to an unspecified destination with a load of coal. His score is now 4 ships for 8,048 tons.



German East Africa: HMS Hyacinth is patrolling around Niororo Island.

HMS Kinfauns Castle spends the day coaling from SS Cento and then dealing out stores to Hyacinth, Reichenfels and Weymouth.

HMS Laconia moves from Niororo to Mafia Island. At 1500 she hoists out one of the Short Folders. "Seaplane 121 exercising. Unable to climb to required height."


HMS Weymouth is at her usual station off the Rufiji Delta.



Saudi Arabia: Hellmuth von Mücke and his men ride to Al Wajh. They leave everything behind in the zambuk, carrying only their weapons and provisions for one day. The Arab sailors take the zambuk to Al Wajh, and as it happens meet no enemy ships. The Germans arrive in the early evening, where they are greeted by Suleiman Pasha, Sheik of Al Wajh.